DeJong, Meindert., Illustrator: Nancy Grossman (drawings).
FAR OUT THE LONG CANAL.
Publisher: St. Catherines: Paideia Press (1980).. ISBN: 0888158611 Moonta Riermersma, a nine year old boy growing up in Holland, can't wait for the ditches and canals to freeze up so he can learn to skate. Adventure follows when he discovers how fast he can go holding onto a sturdy chair and bravely skates under the dark village bridge keeps going. 174p: line drawings; 20cm. 198g. Fine (clean, bright, tight and uncreased). Softcover. Book condition: Fine.

DeJong, Meindert, Illustrated by Sendak, Maurice
THE WHEEL ON THE SCHOOL
Publisher: New York, NY: Harper & Brothers Publishers, 1954. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good. Early Reprint. Sm8vo from 7-1/2" to 8" Tall. 298 pp, quarterbound w/blue cloth covered boards w/tan cloth covered spine w/red lettering on spine & silver lettering on the front panel, dj lbu-brown w/black lettering w/color illustrated front & spine. Hanrahan A11 dj has 100-up, No. 5334A on bottom of front flap, No. 5335A on bottom of back flap, and No. 4347 beneath the two advertisements on the back panel. Six school children in the little Dutch fishing village of Shora, wondered why the storks never came to Shora to build their nests, as they did in the neighboring villages. slight wear to corners, Newbery Medal sticker on front cover, 1/2" chip on top edge of dj by spine, dj price-clipped.